The Tijuana metropolitan area, and in Spanish the Zona Metropolitana de Tijuana, is located by the
Pacific Ocean
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in
Mexico
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. The 2010 census placed the Tijuana metropolitan area as the
fifth largest city by population in the country with 1,751,302 people. The census bureau defined metropolitan area comprises three
municipalities
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:
Tijuana
Tijuana ( ,["Tijuana"](_blank)
(US) and [< ...]
,
Tecate and
Rosarito Beach
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. Yet sources commonly include
Tecate Municipality in the metropolitan area as the
urban area
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between
Tijuana
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and
Tecate grows, the commuting populace increases - ultimately further developing the southern areas of
San Diego–Tijuana
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, and the three municipalities maintain strong relationships and cooperation.
See also
*
San Diego metropolitan area
San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county
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References
Metropolitan areas of Baja California
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